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The Death Row Records co-founder was taken to hospital for a third time after appearing in court after telling the Los Angeles judge he has been suffering from serious health complications and receiving inadequate treatment while in custody over a murder charge.

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It is astounding that in South Africa, statements are published in the media without facts being checked.

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Dr Mamphela Ramphele, for instance, has been allowed to claim arbitrarily that South African Democratic Teachers' Union-affiliated teachers are drunkards who abuse pupils. In contrast, National Professional Teachers' Organisation members are deemed professional.

These sentiments are published daily without an effort to ascertain facts.

Undoubtedly, it is known that some teachers, irrespective of their union affiliation, have acted unprofessionally. But it is a gross insult to paint Sadtu members as such.

The media publishes such unbalanced remarks as though they are the truth.

Media freedom does not extend to insults.

We expect that the media will follow up and disprove Ramphele's claims - the same way it goes after the government. Is it not the duty of the media to expose lies?